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 Holy God, I tremble before your word, pleading and begging that you would help me.

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 You would help me to bring honor to your name and to love this church, to love this people.

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 Father, would you anoint my lips? I am a man of unclean lips.

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 Just like Moses, I complain that I don't know how to speak, but Lord, you are the creator of our mouths.

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 You are in control of all things, and I know you've sovereignly created this opportunity.

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 What a good opportunity it is to preach and teach your word.

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 Thank you for this blessing. You are such a good God.

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 We pray that our hearts would be stirred and that you alone would be the one thing that we seek in all that we do.

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 God, help us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Let's stand all together for the reading of God's word.

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 Again, we're going to be reading from Luke 18, verses 18 to 34.

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 Luke 18, verses 18 to 34.

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 And a ruler asked him,

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 Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

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 You know the commandments.

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 Do not commit adultery.

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 Do not murder.

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 Do not steal.

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 Do not bear false witness.

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 Honor your father and mother.

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 And he said,

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 All these I have kept for my youth.

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 When Jesus heard this, he said to him,

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 One thing you still lack.

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 Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor.

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 And you will have treasure in heaven.

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 And come, follow me.

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 But when he heard these things, he became very sad.

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 For he was extremely rich.

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 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said,

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 How difficult it is to those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God.

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 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle

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 than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.

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 Those who heard it said,

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 Then who can be saved?

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 And, but he said,

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 What is impossible with man is possible with God.

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 And Peter said,

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 See, we have left our homes and followed you.

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 And he said to them,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 There is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children

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 for the sake of the kingdom of God

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 who will not receive many times more in this time

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 and in the age to come eternal life.

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 And taking the twelve,

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 he said to them,

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 See, we are going up to Jerusalem

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 and everything that is written about the Son of Man

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 by the prophets will be accomplished.

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 For we will be delivered over to the Gentiles

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 and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.

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 And after flogging him,

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 they will kill him.

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 And on the third day,

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 he will rise.

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 But they understood none of these things.

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 This saying was hidden from them

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 and they did not grasp what was said.

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 This is God,

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 God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 We have all experienced various forms of and varying degrees of privilege.

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 In our world,

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 privilege opens doors.

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 It gives you access to places and people that others might not have access to.

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 It tips public perception in your favor.

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 It confers power on those who possess it.

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 But in our passage for today,

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 we learn that the kingdom of God is unlike the kingdoms of this world.

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 It is an upside down kingdom

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 that even the rich cannot enter.

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 In fact, it is impossible to enter the kingdom of God

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 except through faith in Christ the King,

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 which is our main point of the sermon today.

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 So first, we're going to be exploring how the text

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 speaks about the upside down kingdom in verses 18 to 30,

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 then talks about an unlikely king in verses 31 to 34.

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 A ruler asks Jesus a question in verse 18.

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 Luke usually specifies what kind of ruler this person is.

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 For example, in Luke 8, 41,

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 he calls Jairus a ruler of the synagogue.

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 And in Luke 14, 1, mentions a ruler of the Pharisees.

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 When he doesn't specify it,

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 he is referring to the members of the Sanhedrin,

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 which was the highest Jewish ruling council

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 on religious, political, and legal matters.

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 This would explain why Jesus assumed

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 that this ruler knows the commandments in verse 20.

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 This ruler is a VIP by all measures.

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 He had religious standing,

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 political standing,

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 social standing,

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 and as we find out in verse 23,

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 economic standing,

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 since he was extremely rich.

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 He has all the privilege that you could imagine.

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 And he asked Jesus,

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 good teacher,

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 what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 And to hear someone like this

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 address him as good teacher

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 and seek his spiritual direction

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 must have been flattering to Jesus.

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 But Jesus responds with a correction

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 in verse 18.

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 Why?

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 Why do you call me good?

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 No one is good except God alone.

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 In the original Greek,

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 the personal pronoun me

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 is fronted for emphasis.

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 It's why me do you call good?

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 So we should read it as

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 why do you call me good?

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 No one is good except God alone.

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 Jesus is not denying that he is in fact good.

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 He is good because he is the son of God,

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 the second person of the triune God

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 who alone is good.

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 But Jesus is here challenging

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 the rich ruler's shallow understanding

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 of moral goodness.

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 He is confronting what Sean calls

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 the PGP delusion,

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 the pretty good person delusion.

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 Many people in this world

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 think of themselves as

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 pretty good people.

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 I'm sure you can think of some of them.

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 And this ruler likewise

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 believed that some human beings,

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 especially esteemed religious teachers

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 like Jesus,

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 were quote-unquote good people.

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 But he really should have known better.

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 Psalm 53, 1-3 says,

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 The fool says in his heart,

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 there is no God.

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 They are corrupt,

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 doing abominable iniquity.

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 There is none who does good.

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 God looks down from heaven

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 on the children of man

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 to see if there are any

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 who understand,

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 who seek after God.

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 They have all fallen away.

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 Together they have become corrupt.

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 There is none who does good,

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 not even one.

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 There is not one man in this world

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 that is good in an absolute sense.

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 Only God is good.

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 This ruler thinks that

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 he can attain eternal life

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 by doing.

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 By doing good.

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 He thinks that he can make the cut.

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 And Jesus reminds him

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 no human being can be called good

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 in an absolute unqualified sense.

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 No one is good

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 by God's perfect,

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 unattainable standards.

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 That's precisely why

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 Jesus had to come to save us.

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 As Jesus said in the preceding passage,

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 it's not those who trust

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 in their own righteousness,

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 but those who humbly entrust themselves

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 to Christ with Christ-like faith

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 that will be saved.

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 We are not good people,

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 but the good God

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 sent his son

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 to be the good teacher

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 to instruct us

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 in the way of salvation.

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 So this ruler is unwittingly

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 acknowledging something profound.

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 Jesus really is good

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 because he is the son of God,

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 the chosen one of God,

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 the messianic king.

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 If this ruler really understood this,

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 he would have left everything behind

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 to follow Jesus

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 as Jesus invites him to do

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 in verse 22.

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 But as we will see,

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 this ruler did not have that faith.

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 This ruler's question

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 is exactly the same

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 as the question

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 that a Jewish leaguer scholar

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 asked Jesus earlier

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 in Luke 10, 25.

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 And in the same way,

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 he answered the question before.

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 Jesus now points the ruler

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 to God's law

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 in verse 20.

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 You know the commandments.

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 Do not commit adultery.

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 Do not murder.

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 Do not steal.

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 Do not bear false witness.

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 Honor your father and mother.

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 Father.

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 These commands come

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 from the second half

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 of the Ten Commandments,

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 which we've been learning all about,

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 which is a summary

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 of the entire Old Testament law.

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 The first four

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 of the Ten Commandments

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 deal with our love for God.

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 And the latter six

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 deal with our love for our neighbor.

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 That's why the command

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 to love God

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 with our whole selves

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 and our neighbors

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 as ourselves

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 is the greatest commandment

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 that sums up

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 the entire law of God.

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 Jesus only lists

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 the second half

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 of the Ten Commandments

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 that deal with

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 our love for our neighbors.

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 And that's not because

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 loving God

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 is less important

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 than loving our neighbors.

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 But it's because,

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 as Jesus taught in Luke 10,

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 our love for God

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 finds concrete expression

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 in our love for our neighbor.

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 1 John 4, 20 to 21

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 puts it this way.

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 If anyone says,

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 I love God

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 and hates his brother,

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 he is a liar.

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 For he who does not love

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 his brother whom he has seen

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 cannot love God

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 whom he has not seen.

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 And this commandment

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 we have from him,

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 whoever loves God

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 must also love his brother.

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 Similarly,

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 our love for God

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 whom we cannot see

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 is demonstrated

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 in our love

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 for the neighbors

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 whom we can see.

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 Curiously,

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 the Ten Commandment,

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 which is what we

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 would have heard today,

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 which says,

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 you shall not covet,

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 is omitted

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 from Jesus' list,

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 possibly because

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 it's the commandment

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 that Jesus already knows

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 that this rich young ruler

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 is failing to keep.

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 The rich young ruler

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 replies in verse 21,

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 and it exposes

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 his prideful delusion.

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 All these I have kept

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 from my youth.

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 All these I have kept

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 from my youth.

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 Jews believe that God

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 holds children

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 accountable for their

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 moral actions

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 only after they have

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 become youths.

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 So when the rich young ruler

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 says,

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 all these I have kept

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 from my youth,

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 he's saying

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 that he's never failed

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 to keep them.

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 He is saying,

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 if that's what's required

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 for eternal life,

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 then I can rest easy.

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 because I'm all set.

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 His self-righteous attitude

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 is very similar

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 to that of the Pharisee

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 in earlier passages

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 in Luke.

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 When Jesus heard this,

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 he says in verse 22,

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 he said to him,

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 one thing you still lack.

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 Sell all that you have

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 and distribute to the poor

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 and you will have treasure

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 in heaven

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 and come,

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 follow me.

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 Jesus contrasts

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 the one thing

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 that the rich young ruler

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 lacks with all that he has.

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 He seemed to have it all.

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 Political power,

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 social clout,

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 religious standing,

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 and what's in view

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 extreme wealth.

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 But the abundance

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 of his wealth

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 was precisely

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 what caused

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 his spiritual poverty,

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 his spiritual lack.

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 As 1 John 3, 17 says,

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 if anyone has

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 the world's goods

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 and sees his brother

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 in need,

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 yet closes his heart

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 against him,

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 how does God's love

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 abide in him?

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 Similarly,

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 the rich young rulers,

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 lack of generosity

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 towards the poor,

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 revealed a lack of love

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 in his heart

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 for his neighbors.

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 But does this mean

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 that all of us

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 also have to give up

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 our possessions

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 in order to

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 enter the kingdom of God

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 and have treasure in heaven?

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 I don't think

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 that this means

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 that Christians

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 can't have

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 or can't use money.

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 It does not mean

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 that in order

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 to get into heaven

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 we have to take

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 a vow of poverty

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 and to beg

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 for our livings.

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 We can see clearly

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 that in the latter story

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 of Zacchaeus,

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 a rich tax collector

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 who gets saved

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 through faith

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 in Jesus.

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 But there's a reason

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 why Jesus makes

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 this criterion

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 for entry

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 for the kingdom of God

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 for this rich ruler.

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 He says in verse 23,

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 but when he heard

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 these things

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 he became very sad

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 for he was extremely rich.

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 Jesus knew

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 that the love of money

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 was the one thing

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 that held this rich ruler

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 back from wholeheartedly

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 following God.

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 Jesus' invitation

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 to follow him

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 is a standard word

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 that indicates

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 discipleship.

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 A disciple

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 is someone

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 who follows

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 his teacher

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 to learn

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 through instruction

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 and imitation.

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 But instead

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 of responding

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 with joy

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 at Jesus' invitation,

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 the rich ruler

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 became very sad

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 because he knew

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 he could not

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 follow Christ

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 because he was

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 unwilling

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 to relinquish

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 his extreme wealth.

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 Jesus said earlier

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 in Luke 16, 13,

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 no servant

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 can serve

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 two masters

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 for either

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 he will hate

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 the one

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 or love

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 the other

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 or he will be

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 devoted to one

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 and despise

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 the other.

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 You cannot

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 serve God

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 and money.

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 This rich ruler

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 was trying to serve

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 both God

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 and money

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 and Jesus

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 makes it clear

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 that you must

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 choose one

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 or the other.

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 Even though

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 he was otherwise

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 a law-abiding Jew,

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 love of money

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 was the one thing

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 that he could not

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 pronounce

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 or renounce.

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 This is a choice

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 that faces

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 each and every

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 single one of us.

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 What is the one thing

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 that you lack?

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 What's the one thing

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 that you're not

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 willing

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 to give up

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 for Jesus?

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 Who is the one person

00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:30.419
 that you love

00:15:30.419 --> 00:15:31.580
 more than you love God?

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 Is your academic

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 performance

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 or career advancements

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.740
 the first priority

00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:38.480
 of your life?

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 Is ensuring

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 the future success

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 of your child

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 making sure

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 that she outshines

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 all her peers

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 the overriding goal

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 that takes precedence

00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:49.659
 over your child's

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 and your family's

00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.799
 wholehearted pursuit

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 of Christ?

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 Is appeasing

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 your boyfriend

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 or girlfriend

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 your husband

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 or wife

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 your parents

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 your boss

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 your professor

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 or advisor

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 more important

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 to you

00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.659
 than pleasing

00:16:03.659 --> 00:16:04.399
 Christ?

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 Is earning

00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:07.579
 and saving

00:16:07.579 --> 00:16:08.980
 more and more

00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:09.399
 money

00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.240
 so that you have

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 financial security

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 and a deposit

00:16:12.579 --> 00:16:13.519
 for the future

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:15.019
 your most pressing

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 concern?

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 All of these things

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 must be second

00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:21.019
 to Christ.

00:16:22.699 --> 00:16:24.360
 Jesus must be first.

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 If we want to call

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 Christ our Lord

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.299
 and King

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 we must subordinate

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 all other allegiances

00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:32.319
 to him.

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 Notice that Jesus

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 does not negotiate

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.979
 the terms of discipleship

00:16:36.979 --> 00:16:38.179
 as this rich ruler

00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:39.359
 turns away in sadness.

00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:42.740
 He is uncompromising.

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.240
 He doesn't say

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 hey hey

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 don't leave so soon.

00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:47.639
 Okay

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 alright alright

00:16:48.299 --> 00:16:49.439
 let me cut you a deal.

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 Since you're keeping

00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:52.159
 all these other commandments

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:53.740
 I'll turn a blind eye

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.379
 to you know

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.159
 this one thing

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 you could still be

00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.439
 my disciple.

00:16:58.299 --> 00:16:59.019
 No

00:16:59.019 --> 00:16:59.819
 he says

00:16:59.819 --> 00:17:00.979
 one thing

00:17:00.979 --> 00:17:02.259
 you still lack

00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:03.699
 sell all

00:17:03.699 --> 00:17:04.700
 that you have

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.359
 and distribute

00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:06.159
 to the poor

00:17:06.159 --> 00:17:07.319
 and you will have

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.419
 treasure in heaven

00:17:08.419 --> 00:17:09.819
 and come

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:11.059
 follow me.

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.220
 You cannot

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:14.099
 follow me

00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:15.079
 until you renounce

00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:15.940
 your love of money.

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.539
 You cannot

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.700
 be my disciple

00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:20.180
 as long as money

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:21.119
 is more important

00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:21.919
 to you

00:17:21.919 --> 00:17:22.500
 than me.

00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:24.099
 That's what Jesus

00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:24.539
 says.

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:27.740
 if your great desire

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.440
 in life

00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.899
 is for earthly treasure

00:17:29.899 --> 00:17:30.859
 then you cannot

00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:32.000
 desire God

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.180
 as your greatest treasure

00:17:33.180 --> 00:17:34.440
 and therefore

00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:37.000
 you cannot

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.799
 be Christian.

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.879
 If we live

00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:43.519
 for the treasures

00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.399
 of earth

00:17:44.399 --> 00:17:45.559
 we should not

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.059
 expect

00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:47.139
 to have treasures

00:17:47.139 --> 00:17:47.940
 in heaven.

00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:54.600
 seeing that

00:17:54.600 --> 00:17:55.059
 the rich

00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:55.820
 ruler

00:17:55.820 --> 00:17:56.140
 had

00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:57.200
 become sad

00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:58.299
 Jesus

00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:58.860
 laments

00:17:58.860 --> 00:18:00.100
 in verse 24

00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:00.940
 how difficult

00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:01.580
 it is

00:18:01.580 --> 00:18:02.799
 for those

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.519
 who have wealth

00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.120
 to enter

00:18:04.120 --> 00:18:04.500
 the kingdom

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:04.960
 of God.

00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:09.500
 It's hard

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:09.960
 for wealthy

00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:10.759
 people to enter

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.140
 the kingdom

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:11.559
 of God

00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.899
 and it's

00:18:12.899 --> 00:18:13.700
 highly unfortunate

00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:14.579
 that we live

00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.579
 in one of the

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:16.379
 richest parts

00:18:16.379 --> 00:18:17.319
 of the entire

00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.720
 world.

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:20.399
 24-7

00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:21.039
 Wall Street

00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:22.440
 which publishes

00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:23.240
 financial news

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:24.139
 and opinion pieces

00:18:24.139 --> 00:18:24.599
 online

00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:26.259
 reviewed median

00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:27.200
 household income

00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:27.940
 data from the

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:29.399
 U.S. Census Bureau

00:18:29.399 --> 00:18:31.500
 from 381

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:32.200
 U.S. metro

00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:32.700
 areas

00:18:32.700 --> 00:18:34.099
 and concluded

00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:35.240
 that the

00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:36.559
 Boston-Cambridge-Newton

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.200
 metro area

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:38.619
 is one of only

00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:40.240
 five metro areas

00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.740
 where most

00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.900
 households earn

00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:42.319
 at least

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:43.519
 $85,000

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.299
 a year.

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.240
 I have no idea

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.120
 when that's

00:18:46.120 --> 00:18:46.359
 stated

00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:47.359
 or when

00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:47.759
 Sean wrote

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.140
 this sermon

00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:49.740
 but that

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.140
 sounds about

00:18:50.140 --> 00:18:50.440
 right.

00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:55.599
 It's one of

00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:56.299
 the five

00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.059
 richest cities

00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:58.120
 in the

00:18:58.120 --> 00:18:58.779
 United States.

00:18:59.460 --> 00:18:59.900
 It's hard

00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.319
 for our

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.859
 friends and

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.180
 neighbors

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.880
 in Cambridge

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.440
 and Boston

00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.519
 to enter

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.019
 the kingdom

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.579
 of God

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.700
 because of

00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:06.779
 their wealth.

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.259
 Do you

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:08.900
 really get

00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.299
 this?

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.559
 As Christians

00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.839
 we should

00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.440
 know better

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:13.960
 than to

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.579
 dream of

00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:15.220
 getting rich

00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.740
 and living

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.220
 large.

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:17.740
 If that's

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.000
 what you

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.480
 daydream

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.920
 about

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:20.039
 that's

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:21.359
 a spiritual

00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:22.799
 emergency

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:24.680
 you're in

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:25.259
 grave

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.799
 trouble.

00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:27.759
 It is

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.240
 difficult

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.980
 for those

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.480
 who have

00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:29.859
 wealth

00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.359
 to enter

00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:30.740
 the kingdom

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.180
 of God.

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.359
 Why?

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.660
 Why in the

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:34.140
 world

00:19:34.140 --> 00:19:34.839
 would you

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 want to be

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 rich?

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.279
 Don't

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:38.279
 desire to

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.819
 be rich.

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:41.359
 1 Timothy

00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:42.399
 6, 9-10

00:19:42.399 --> 00:19:42.740
 says,

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 Those who

00:19:43.179 --> 00:19:43.740
 desire to

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.079
 be rich

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:44.720
 fall into

00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.220
 temptation,

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:45.859
 into a

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.240
 snare,

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.099
 into many

00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.779
 senseless

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.639
 and harmful

00:19:48.639 --> 00:19:49.500
 desires that

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.179
 plunge people

00:19:50.179 --> 00:19:50.919
 into ruin

00:19:50.919 --> 00:19:52.079
 and destruction.

00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.259
 For the

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.700
 love of

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.200
 money is

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.480
 the root

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.859
 of all

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:55.519
 kinds of

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:55.939
 evils.

00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:57.859
 It is

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.339
 through this

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:58.980
 craving that

00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.579
 some have

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.240
 wandered away

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.579
 from the

00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:01.019
 faith and

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.299
 pierced

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.700
 themselves

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.220
 with many

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.679
 pangs.

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:03.939
 Does

00:20:03.939 --> 00:20:04.899
 falling into

00:20:04.899 --> 00:20:05.419
 temptation,

00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:06.319
 into a

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.740
 snare,

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.939
 into many

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:08.620
 senseless

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.460
 and harmful

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.279
 desires that

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:10.920
 plunge people

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.960
 into ruin

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.779
 and destruction

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.900
 sound enjoyable

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:14.880
 to you?

00:20:15.340 --> 00:20:16.180
 Does being

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:16.799
 pierced with

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.440
 many pangs

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.420
 sound pleasurable

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:19.279
 to you?

00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:20.799
 Get back to

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.660
 your senses,

00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:22.860
 brothers and

00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:23.180
 sisters.

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.880
 Don't

00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:25.240
 desire to

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.920
 be rich.

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.620
 If you

00:20:27.620 --> 00:20:28.320
 work hard

00:20:28.320 --> 00:20:29.240
 and steward

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.000
 your resources

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.500
 well,

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.920
 and wealth

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.400
 is the

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 incidental

00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:34.059
 result of

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.240
 that,

00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:34.640
 great,

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.700
 then great.

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 in that

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.400
 case,

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:38.920
 use your

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.140
 money

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.700
 generously

00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:40.259
 for the

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.500
 kingdom

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.059
 of God.

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:41.620
 Give

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.620
 sacrificially

00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.360
 to the

00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:43.779
 ministry of

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.200
 the gospel.

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 Give

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.519
 liberally

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:45.940
 to the

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.240
 poor,

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.460
 but don't

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.940
 ever

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.759
 desire

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:50.200
 to be

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.519
 rich.

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:50.920
 Don't

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.319
 ever

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:52.559
 love

00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:53.120
 money.

00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:55.900
 Jesus

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:56.580
 continues

00:20:56.580 --> 00:20:56.860
 his

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.340
 explanation

00:20:57.340 --> 00:20:58.200
 in

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.620
 verse

00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:59.319
 25,

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 for it

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:01.319
 is easier

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.759
 for a

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.279
 camel to

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.740
 go through

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.380
 the eye

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:03.600
 of a

00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:03.779
 needle

00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.099
 than

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.460
 for a

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:04.619
 rich

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.099
 person

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.680
 to

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:05.980
 enter

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.220
 the

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.440
 kingdom

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:06.619
 of

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:06.899
 God.

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:07.980
 The

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.399
 camel

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:09.399
 is the

00:21:09.399 --> 00:21:09.740
 largest

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.220
 animal

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.920
 native

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.299
 to this

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.519
 part

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:11.700
 of the

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.019
 world.

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.599
 It can

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.099
 be about

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 seven

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:15.740
 feet tall,

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 I had no

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:16.460
 idea,

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.220
 complete

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.940
 with a

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.579
 giant hump

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.059
 or two

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.379
 in its

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.759
 back,

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:21.639
 and it

00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:22.279
 makes a

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.700
 shocking

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.480
 and silly

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:23.879
 image.

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.099
 Good luck

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.599
 trying to

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:25.980
 fit that

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.599
 thing in

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.160
 an eye

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.399
 of a

00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:27.599
 needle,

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:28.519
 which is

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.059
 so small

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:30.339
 that it's

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:30.839
 even hard

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.399
 to pass

00:21:31.399 --> 00:21:32.480
 the end

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:32.740
 of a

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.039
 thread

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.579
 through it.

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:35.059
 People

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.619
 have had

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.019
 a hard

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.319
 time

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.819
 understanding

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.079
 this

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.359
 saying

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.740
 throughout

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.079
 church

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:38.539
 history

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.299
 because

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.000
 it is

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.779
 impossible

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.879
 for a

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:42.259
 camel to

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.799
 go through

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.519
 the eye

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:43.859
 of a

00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.059
 needle.

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.639
 So,

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.559
 is Jesus

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.240
 saying that

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.839
 rich people

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.519
 can't be

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.079
 saved?

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.839
 Well,

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.559
 that can't

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.279
 possibly be.

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.460
 So,

00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:55.660
 Jesus must

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.180
 be trying

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.500
 to say

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:56.779
 something

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.119
 else.

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.339
 In order

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.339
 to improve

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.779
 Jesus'

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.339
 teaching

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.700
 and make

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:00.960
 it more

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.420
 palatable

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.399
 to our

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:03.460
 sensibilities,

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.539
 so some

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.059
 people have

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.500
 suggested

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.859
 that at

00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.240
 Jerusalem

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.799
 there was

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.180
 a certain

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.619
 gate

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.139
 called

00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:09.440
 the

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.039
 needle's

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.399
 eye

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:11.200
 through

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.519
 which

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.700
 a

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.000
 camel

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.240
 could

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.460
 not

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.960
 pass

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.660
 but on

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:13.819
 its

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.359
 bended

00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:14.940
 knees

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.619
 and after

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.119
 its burden

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:16.460
 had been

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.119
 taken off

00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:17.859
 so the

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.160
 rich

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:19.980
 should not

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.460
 be able

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.000
 to pass

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.559
 along the

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.039
 narrow way

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.460
 that leads

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:22.960
 to life

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.500
 till he

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.879
 had put

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.359
 off the

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.799
 burden of

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.059
 sin

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.740
 and of

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.079
 riches

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:27.160
 that is

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.779
 by ceasing

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.160
 to love

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.279
 him.

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:28.619
 That's

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.299
 by Thomas

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.700
 Aquinas.

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:32.039
 The only

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.700
 trouble with

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:33.400
 this explanation

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:34.019
 is that

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.480
 there is

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.940
 no

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.519
 historical

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:35.960
 evidence

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.460
 whatsoever

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.100
 of a

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:37.319
 gate

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.680
 called

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:37.880
 the

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.259
 needle's

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.580
 eye

00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.240
 at

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.740
 any

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.140
 point

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.539
 in

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.220
 Jerusalem's

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.539
 history.

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.920
 It's

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.259
 merely

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.900
 a romantic

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.600
 speculation.

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.660
 The point

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.059
 of Jesus'

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.720
 illustration

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.500
 is not

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.299
 that rich

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.819
 people have

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.080
 to lay

00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:50.400
 aside

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.940
 their wealth

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.319
 in order

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:51.819
 to enter

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.299
 the kingdom

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.400
 just as

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.000
 camels

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.059
 must lay

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.539
 aside

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:55.980
 their

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.620
 burdens

00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:57.159
 before

00:22:57.159 --> 00:22:57.579
 entering

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:57.839
 through

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.000
 a

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.199
 low

00:22:58.199 --> 00:22:58.519
 gate.

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.219
 The point

00:23:00.219 --> 00:23:00.619
 of the

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:00.979
 illustration

00:23:00.979 --> 00:23:01.579
 is that

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.000
 it is

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.779
 impossible

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:04.159
 for rich

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:04.559
 people

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.339
 to enter

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.939
 the kingdom

00:23:05.939 --> 00:23:06.959
 of God.

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.379
 This is

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.299
 then confirmed

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.000
 in verses

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.079
 26 to

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.579
 27.

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.459
 Those who

00:23:12.459 --> 00:23:12.819
 heard it

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:14.959
 then said

00:23:14.959 --> 00:23:15.639
 then who

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.159
 can be

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:16.619
 saved?

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.000
 But Jesus

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.699
 said what

00:23:18.699 --> 00:23:19.719
 is impossible

00:23:19.719 --> 00:23:20.939
 with man

00:23:20.939 --> 00:23:22.299
 is possible

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:23.799
 with God.

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.819
 This is

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.480
 precisely

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.939
 Jesus'

00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:27.599
 point.

00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:28.939
 It is

00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:29.480
 impossible

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.359
 for the

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:30.659
 rich

00:23:30.659 --> 00:23:31.179
 to enter

00:23:31.179 --> 00:23:31.639
 the kingdom

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.159
 of God.

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.359
 The allure

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.899
 of money

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.759
 is so

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.379
 strong.

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:37.319
 The distractions

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:37.740
 that it

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.000
 creates

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.419
 are so

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:38.899
 numerous.

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.960
 The temptations

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.299
 that it

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.839
 multiplies

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.359
 are so

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:42.899
 enticing

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.859
 that it's

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.460
 impossible

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.259
 for the

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.559
 rich

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.200
 to be

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.559
 saved.

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.299
 As

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:48.619
 biblical

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.200
 scholar

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.059
 Daryl

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.419
 Brock

00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:51.059
 puts it,

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.099
 wealth

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.799
 can shrink

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.240
 the door

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.480
 of the

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.700
 kingdom

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.200
 down

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.779
 to an

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.379
 impassable

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.880
 people.

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:57.100
 The

00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:57.880
 self-focused

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.480
 security

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.900
 of the

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.240
 wealthy

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.980
 is a

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.680
 padlock

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.220
 against

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.740
 kingdom

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.320
 entry.

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.900
 In fact,

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.420
 it's

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.060
 impossible

00:24:05.060 --> 00:24:06.120
 for any

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.600
 man to

00:24:06.600 --> 00:24:07.020
 enter the

00:24:07.020 --> 00:24:07.240
 kingdom

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.740
 of God

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.280
 with his

00:24:08.280 --> 00:24:08.740
 own

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.560
 merit

00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:10.340
 and with

00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:11.000
 his own

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.000
 strength.

00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:14.140
 But

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.780
 hear,

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:15.780
 hear,

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.380
 brothers and

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.760
 sisters,

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.440
 hear his

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:18.740
 hope.

00:24:19.560 --> 00:24:19.960
 What is

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.840
 impossible

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.659
 with man

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:23.099
 is

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.799
 possible

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:25.539
 with God.

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:29.679
 God alone

00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:30.339
 can wean

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:30.740
 the rich

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.579
 people away

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.179
 from their

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:32.699
 love of

00:24:32.699 --> 00:24:32.959
 money.

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.980
 God alone

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.839
 can wean

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.859
 us away

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.559
 from various

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:37.939
 idols.

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.839
 As Jesus

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.579
 speaks of

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.419
 salvation as

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:42.919
 something that

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:43.819
 is humanly

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.480
 impossible,

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.579
 Peter seeks

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.500
 assurances from

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.859
 him in

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.619
 verses 28

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.159
 to 30.

00:24:49.739 --> 00:24:50.159
 And Peter

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:50.519
 said,

00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:50.899
 see,

00:24:51.199 --> 00:24:51.779
 we have

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.219
 left our

00:24:52.219 --> 00:24:53.099
 homes and

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.759
 followed you.

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.079
 And he

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.399
 said to

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:55.559
 them,

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:55.979
 truly,

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.459
 I say to

00:24:57.459 --> 00:24:57.619
 you,

00:24:57.699 --> 00:24:58.519
 there is no

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:58.919
 one who

00:24:58.919 --> 00:24:59.339
 has left

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:00.419
 house or

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:01.179
 wife or

00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:02.000
 brothers or

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.739
 parents or

00:25:02.739 --> 00:25:03.459
 children for

00:25:03.459 --> 00:25:04.319
 the sake of

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.659
 the kingdom

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.379
 of God who

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:05.799
 will not

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.919
 receive many

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.859
 times more

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.639
 in this

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.259
 time and

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.519
 in the

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.039
 age to

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.419
 come.

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.659
 Eternal

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.079
 life.

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:14.659
 As we

00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:15.259
 saw earlier

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.919
 in Luke

00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:16.479
 5,

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.859
 11,

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.599
 28,

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:20.759
 Peter,

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.399
 James,

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:21.939
 John,

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.519
 and Levi

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.579
 have left

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.799
 everything they

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.379
 had and

00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:26.279
 followed Jesus.

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.199
 This is what

00:25:28.199 --> 00:25:28.819
 Peter is

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.599
 referring to.

00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.399
 And Jesus

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.199
 commends them

00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:33.339
 as examples

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.619
 of discipleship.

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.480
 Many ancient

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.039
 Jews were

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.819
 disowned by

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.519
 their families

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.319
 for following

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.959
 Christ.

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.399
 Christians in

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:41.899
 some other

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.539
 places in the

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.139
 world face

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.959
 similar

00:25:43.959 --> 00:25:45.019
 ostracism

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.459
 and persecution.

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.059
 So to

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.359
 some

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.740
 believers

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.240
 following

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.639
 Christ

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.119
 might

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.899
 literally

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.439
 mean

00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:52.819
 having to

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.379
 leave

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:53.899
 house,

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:54.459
 wife,

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.059
 brothers,

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.779
 parents,

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.359
 children for

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.719
 the sake

00:25:56.719 --> 00:25:57.099
 of kingdom

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.559
 of God.

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.099
 But even

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.539
 if this is

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.339
 not literally

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:00.819
 true for

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:00.919
 you,

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.299
 to be a

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.679
 Christian

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:02.899
 is to be

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.339
 a person

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.199
 who has

00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:04.899
 left house,

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.259
 wife,

00:26:05.399 --> 00:26:05.699
 brothers,

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:06.719
 sisters,

00:26:06.959 --> 00:26:07.519
 children for

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.059
 the sake

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.799
 of the

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.079
 kingdom

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:10.159
 of God.

00:26:10.679 --> 00:26:11.139
 In the

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.559
 sense of

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.619
 subordinating

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.899
 all these

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.559
 responsibilities

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.779
 and commitments

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:17.079
 to following

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.879
 Christ.

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.539
 So you

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.039
 might own

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.579
 a house,

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.439
 you might

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:22.879
 have a

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.339
 spouse,

00:26:23.979 --> 00:26:24.259
 sibling,

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:24.959
 parent,

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.759
 or child,

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.619
 but none

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.159
 of them

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:29.219
 must be

00:26:29.219 --> 00:26:30.000
 the controlling

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.819
 center of

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.379
 your life.

00:26:32.479 --> 00:26:32.779
 Your

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.419
 priorities

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:34.259
 and purposes

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.059
 must be

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.599
 submitted

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.879
 to Christ.

00:26:37.739 --> 00:26:38.119
 Everything

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:39.199
 and everyone,

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:40.259
 including you,

00:26:40.479 --> 00:26:40.879
 yourself,

00:26:40.979 --> 00:26:41.519
 must be

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.199
 second.

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.679
 to Christ.

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.459
 Yes,

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.759
 this is

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.419
 costly.

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.559
 Yes,

00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:49.259
 this requires

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.099
 sacrifice,

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.659
 but oh,

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.739
 it is worth

00:26:52.739 --> 00:26:52.979
 it.

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.959
 Look at

00:26:54.959 --> 00:26:55.579
 the rewards

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:56.119
 that Jesus

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.859
 holds out

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.500
 to us

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.219
 in two parts

00:26:58.219 --> 00:26:59.059
 in verse 30.

00:27:00.179 --> 00:27:00.679
 He says,

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.679
 we will receive

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:03.000
 many times

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.959
 more in

00:27:03.959 --> 00:27:05.039
 this time.

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.199
 That's the

00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:06.819
 first stage

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.500
 of our reward.

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.619
 And in the

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.500
 age to come,

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.559
 eternal life.

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.559
 that's the

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.219
 second stage

00:27:14.219 --> 00:27:14.899
 of our reward.

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.039
 These two

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.839
 stages of

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.279
 rewards

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.779
 corresponds

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.419
 to the

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:19.139
 already but

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.859
 not yet

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.459
 nature of

00:27:20.459 --> 00:27:20.799
 the kingdom

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.279
 of God.

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.819
 God's

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.659
 kingdom has

00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.399
 already broken

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:25.019
 into our

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.759
 world through

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.379
 the life,

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:27.539
 death,

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.459
 resurrection,

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.599
 and ascension

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.439
 of Jesus

00:27:30.439 --> 00:27:30.979
 Christ,

00:27:31.219 --> 00:27:32.399
 but it has

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.059
 not yet been

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.839
 consummated.

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.179
 It has not

00:27:35.179 --> 00:27:35.619
 yet been

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:36.500
 brought to

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.379
 full fruition.

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:37.500
 salvation.

00:27:38.260 --> 00:27:39.080
 So we

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.500
 will be

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.900
 rewarded

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.720
 in this

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:42.080
 time with

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.820
 many times

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:44.280
 more than

00:27:44.280 --> 00:27:44.740
 what we

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.240
 give up

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.880
 for God,

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.300
 but we

00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:47.800
 will also

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.360
 be rewarded

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:49.580
 later in

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.140
 the age to

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:50.780
 come with

00:27:50.780 --> 00:27:52.060
 eternal life.

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.520
 Truly,

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.300
 I say to

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:55.560
 you,

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.480
 Jesus says,

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.000
 and that

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.800
 means I

00:27:58.800 --> 00:28:00.000
 assure you,

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.840
 I guarantee

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.380
 it,

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:04.080
 there is

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.720
 no one,

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:06.340
 not one,

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.720
 who has

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.460
 left house

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.440
 or wife

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.100
 or brothers

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:09.880
 or parents

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.580
 or children

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:11.560
 for the sake

00:28:11.560 --> 00:28:12.040
 of the kingdom

00:28:12.040 --> 00:28:12.400
 of God

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.920
 who will not

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:14.220
 receive many

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.760
 times more

00:28:15.760 --> 00:28:16.620
 in this time

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.080
 and in the

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.760
 age to come

00:28:17.760 --> 00:28:19.620
 eternal life.

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.960
 Those who

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.600
 give Jesus

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.580
 the primacy

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.320
 that he is

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:24.900
 doing their

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.640
 lives become

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.480
 part of the

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.640
 kingdom of

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.000
 God.

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.380
 As they

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.820
 share their

00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.560
 lives and

00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:31.980
 possessions

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.579
 with each

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:32.799
 other,

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.279
 we're part

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.680
 of one

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.140
 family.

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.400
 We may

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.839
 lose our

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:37.279
 homes as

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.900
 our exclusive

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:39.140
 private property,

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.059
 but we gain

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:41.440
 a hundred times

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:43.200
 more in the

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.940
 homes of our

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.720
 Christian brothers

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.279
 and sisters.

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.860
 We may lose

00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.559
 our spouses,

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.339
 siblings,

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.319
 parents,

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.059
 and children,

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.740
 but we gain

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.980
 hundreds more

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.640
 within the

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.360
 family of God.

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.720
 Some of you

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.620
 have found in

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.240
 the church the

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.880
 family that you

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.880
 have never had

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.660
 in your birth

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.059
 homes.

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:02.339
 that's what

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:02.899
 Jesus is

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.700
 talking about.

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.319
 Jesus said

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.059
 earlier in

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.879
 Luke 8,

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.559
 21,

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.679
 my mother

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.399
 and my

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:11.059
 brothers are

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.559
 those who

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.259
 hear the

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.679
 word of

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.759
 God and

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.579
 do it.

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.139
 We receive

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.859
 many times

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.179
 more in

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:17.639
 this time

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.220
 and in

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.639
 the age

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.139
 to come

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:20.980
 we will

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.519
 also be

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.220
 given eternal

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.720
 life.

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.079
 And in

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.279
 short,

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.980
 whatever we

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.539
 give up for

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:25.879
 God,

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.379
 no matter

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.919
 how much

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.700
 we sacrifice

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:29.000
 for the

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.480
 sake of

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.920
 the kingdom,

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.759
 what we

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:32.000
 gain from

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.340
 the Lord

00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:32.759
 will be

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:34.039
 far

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.759
 greater.

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.400
 Perhaps

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:38.160
 you are not

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.940
 yet a follower

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.580
 of Christ.

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.860
 You are

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.420
 weighing the

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.059
 costs of

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.720
 discipleship.

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:43.980
 Perhaps

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.480
 you are

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.799
 wrestling with

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.279
 the one

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.920
 thing that

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.420
 you still

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.840
 lack,

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.340
 considering

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:50.240
 whether or

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.759
 not you

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.680
 are willing

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.100
 to pay

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.700
 that price

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.240
 to follow

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.779
 Christ.

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:55.220
 perhaps

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.599
 you have

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:55.799
 already

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.240
 decided

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.420
 to follow

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:57.879
 Christ,

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:58.519
 but you

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.859
 are being

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.759
 lured back

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.579
 by the

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:00.899
 treasures

00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:01.579
 of this

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.039
 world

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.639
 and

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.859
 backsliding.

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.700
 The

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.539
 costs of

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:06.920
 following

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.460
 Christ

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.740
 are high,

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.299
 but they

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.160
 are nothing

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:12.660
 compared to

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.440
 the eternal

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.339
 rewards

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.879
 that Christ

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.359
 holds out

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.680
 to you.

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.599
 I pray you

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.259
 understand the

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.460
 weight of

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.859
 that word

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.339
 eternal.

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.279
 Two summers

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.599
 ago,

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.359
 an Amsterdam

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:26.240
 art dealer

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.960
 and historian

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.680
 named Jan

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:29.579
 Six purchased

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.119
 a painting

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:31.319
 at Christie's,

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:32.980
 a famous

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:34.519
 British auction

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:34.879
 house.

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.059
 The painting

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.379
 is a

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.119
 portrait of

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.420
 a young

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.799
 gentleman,

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.759
 and the

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.279
 artist behind

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.700
 the painting

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:42.099
 was reputedly

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.599
 one of the

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.720
 disciples of

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:45.259
 Dutch master

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.859
 Rembrandt.

00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:48.000
 The pre-sale

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.559
 estimate of

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.079
 its value

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:50.079
 was about

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:51.059
 $20,000

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:52.960
 to $27,000,

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.900
 but Jan

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.700
 Six paid

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:57.440
 $172,000,

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.500
 about seven

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.240
 times more

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.640
 than the

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.000
 estimate.

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.319
 So you

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.779
 might say

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.440
 he was

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.019
 ripped off,

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.920
 but the

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.420
 art dealer

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.500
 was onto

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.980
 something.

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.340
 The young

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:08.980
 gentleman in

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.380
 the portrait

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:10.100
 is wearing

00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:10.940
 a velvet

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:12.200
 coat with

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.880
 an ornate

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.840
 white lace

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.440
 collar,

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.940
 and Jan

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.200
 Six observed

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.420
 that the way

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.980
 the lace

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:20.360
 collar curls

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:20.699
 at the

00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:21.059
 edges,

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.399
 almost like

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:22.639
 you could

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.000
 put your

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.500
 finger

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.139
 underneath

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.500
 it,

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.079
 was a

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.559
 clear

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.059
 giveaway.

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.419
 He believed

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:27.719
 that the

00:31:27.719 --> 00:31:28.459
 painting was

00:31:28.459 --> 00:31:29.659
 both a

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:30.019
 bit too

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.339
 early and

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.919
 a bit too

00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:32.939
 good to

00:31:32.939 --> 00:31:33.179
 be the

00:31:33.179 --> 00:31:33.779
 work of

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.319
 Rembrandt's

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.799
 disciple,

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.159
 and concluded

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.779
 that it must

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.539
 be the work

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.919
 of the

00:31:37.919 --> 00:31:38.619
 Dutch master

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.740
 himself.

00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:42.159
 So he

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:42.699
 shelled out

00:31:42.699 --> 00:31:44.179
 $172,000

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:44.899
 to buy it

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.159
 at the

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:45.479
 auction,

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.279
 and his

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.659
 hunch has

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:48.240
 paid off

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.980
 because the

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.819
 portrait is

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.400
 being hailed

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.240
 by art

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.160
 historians as

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.720
 the first

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.380
 previously

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:54.819
 unknown

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.380
 painting by

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.960
 Rembrandt

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.720
 to surface

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.500
 in nearly

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.480
 half a

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.779
 century.

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.279
 And guess

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.680
 how much

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.440
 the last

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.019
 Rembrandt

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.579
 painting was

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.279
 auctioned off

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.720
 for at

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.180
 Christie's?

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.160
 Over

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:07.259
 $33

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.160
 million

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:10.200
 in 2009.

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.819
 The art

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.400
 dealer paid

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:13.140
 a very high

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.740
 price for

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.299
 that portrait,

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:16.039
 but what he

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.799
 gained was

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.819
 far greater.

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.319
 He was

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.819
 willing to

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.159
 pay the

00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:20.960
 price because

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.700
 he knew what

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.879
 it was really

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.279
 worth.

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.639
 Likewise,

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.919
 only those

00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:27.480
 who see

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.200
 God truly

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.039
 as the

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.579
 infinite

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.439
 priceless

00:32:30.439 --> 00:32:31.419
 treasure that

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:32.720
 he is will

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.740
 forsake earthly

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.500
 treasures to

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.220
 follow Jesus

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:36.299
 and enter the

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.679
 kingdom of

00:32:36.679 --> 00:32:36.960
 God.

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:38.039
 Truly,

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.720
 I say to

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:38.859
 you,

00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:39.639
 there is no

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.480
 one who

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.939
 has left

00:32:40.939 --> 00:32:42.279
 house or

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.859
 wife or

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.419
 brothers or

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:44.119
 parents or

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.579
 children for

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.119
 the sake of

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.480
 kingdom of

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.339
 God who

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.960
 will not

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.819
 receive many

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.559
 times more

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.860
 in this

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:50.059
 time and

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.299
 in the

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.740
 age to

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.559
 come eternal

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.160
 life.

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.779
 God's

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.660
 kingdom is

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.380
 an upside

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.700
 down kingdom

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:58.079
 and it is

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.019
 impossible to

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.480
 enter it

00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.000
 except through

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.259
 faith in

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.920
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.980
 Those who

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.720
 cling to their

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.400
 earthly riches

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.019
 will be

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.700
 turned away

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:10.940
 and follow

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.420
 Christ,

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.500
 they alone

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.540
 can enter

00:33:13.540 --> 00:33:13.840
 in.

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:17.780
 But how

00:33:17.780 --> 00:33:18.660
 does God

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.560
 change us?

00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:21.280
 How does

00:33:21.280 --> 00:33:22.620
 that reorientation

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.480
 take place?

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.320
 Taking his

00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:26.140
 twelve disciples

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.780
 aside,

00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:28.620
 Jesus instructs

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:29.100
 them in

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:30.259
 verses 31 to

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.980
 33 which

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.680
 comes to the

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.380
 second portion

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:34.620
 of our

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.960
 sermon today.

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:38.060
 See, we are

00:33:38.060 --> 00:33:38.660
 going up to

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.580
 Jerusalem and

00:33:39.580 --> 00:33:40.340
 everything that

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:41.040
 is written about

00:33:41.040 --> 00:33:41.580
 the Son of

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.460
 Man by the

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.220
 prophets will be

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.760
 accomplished.

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.320
 For he will be

00:33:45.320 --> 00:33:46.240
 delivered over to

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:47.400
 the Gentiles and

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:48.440
 will be mocked and

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.720
 shamefully treated and

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.460
 spit upon.

00:33:51.040 --> 00:33:52.120
 But after flogging

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.680
 him, they will

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.180
 kill him and on

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.220
 the third day he

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.020
 will rise.

00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:58.280
 Son of

00:33:58.280 --> 00:33:59.440
 Man is a term

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.120
 that Jesus

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:01.460
 frequently uses to

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.380
 refer to himself

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.360
 indirectly.

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:06.160
 It highlights the

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:07.240
 fact that he is

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.400
 not only the

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.760
 Son of God as

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.519
 he is described

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.619
 in other places

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.380
 throughout the

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:14.079
 gospel, but also

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.059
 the Son of

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.800
 Man, the God

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.400
 who took

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.920
 humanity so

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.639
 that he can

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:21.079
 identify with

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:22.300
 us, take on

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:23.400
 our sins in

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.500
 death, and

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:26.159
 represent us to

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.900
 God the Father.

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.820
 This is now the

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:30.460
 fourth time that

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:32.099
 Jesus predicts his

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.980
 imminent suffering,

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.900
 and it's a

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.659
 reference to his

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.340
 death on the

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.820
 cross.

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.159
 A few chapters

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.820
 later, these

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:39.659
 predictions will be

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:41.920
 fulfilled, and

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.800
 Jesus will be

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.760
 delivered over to

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:46.039
 the Gentiles, mocked,

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.860
 shamefully treated,

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:49.619
 and killed on the

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.059
 cross.

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:52.159
 But on the third

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:53.940
 day, he will rise

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:55.740
 after his death.

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:55.779
 death.

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.779
 Interestingly, each

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.359
 of the four

00:35:01.359 --> 00:35:02.579
 predictions of

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:04.059
 suffering align

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.199
 responsibility to

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.939
 different human

00:35:05.939 --> 00:35:06.459
 parties.

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:09.719
 In chapter 9,

00:35:09.779 --> 00:35:10.719
 verse 22, the

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:12.219
 Jewish elders and

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:13.099
 chief priests and

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:14.019
 scribes are to

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:15.459
 blame, and in

00:35:15.459 --> 00:35:17.119
 914, the hands of

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:18.119
 men are to blame,

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:20.939
 and in 1725, this

00:35:20.939 --> 00:35:22.319
 generation is to

00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:23.739
 blame, and here in

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:26.459
 1832, the Gentiles

00:35:26.459 --> 00:35:27.799
 are to blame.

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.859
 These four

00:35:29.859 --> 00:35:31.079
 predictions then

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:32.179
 implicate Jews,

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:34.139
 Gentiles, this

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:36.259
 generation, and all

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:37.459
 of humanity in

00:35:37.459 --> 00:35:37.799
 general.

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:40.239
 People throughout

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:41.399
 history have tried

00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:42.059
 to single out

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:43.879
 Jews or Gentiles or

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:45.019
 people of Jesus'

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:46.299
 generation for his

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:47.799
 death, but that's

00:35:47.799 --> 00:35:49.199
 only partially true.

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:51.679
 they were all

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:54.199
 guilty, and we

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:55.559
 are all guilty

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:57.739
 because it's for

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.739
 our sins that

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.819
 Jesus had to die

00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.899
 on the cross.

00:36:03.899 --> 00:36:04.799
 Yet in the

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:05.679
 ultimate sense, it

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:06.980
 is God who is

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.719
 bringing all this

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.039
 about.

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.539
 That's what we see

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.659
 in verse 31.

00:36:11.359 --> 00:36:12.460
 Jesus says that

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:14.159
 everything that is

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.799
 written about the

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:15.699
 Son of Man by the

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.980
 prophets will be

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.679
 accomplished.

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.899
 That's passive.

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:20.059
 That's passive

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.439
 language.

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.480
 It will be

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.219
 accomplished.

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.759
 By who then?

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.559
 This is what

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:27.859
 grammarians call

00:36:27.859 --> 00:36:28.639
 the divine

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.179
 passive.

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.739
 The implied

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.819
 subject of the

00:36:32.819 --> 00:36:34.359
 verb is God.

00:36:34.879 --> 00:36:35.500
 God is

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.659
 accomplishing all

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.159
 this.

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.139
 And why?

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.819
 Because it is

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.579
 through the death

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.619
 of his only Son

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:43.419
 that God restores

00:36:43.419 --> 00:36:45.119
 sinners to the

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:46.199
 kingdom of God.

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.559
 Remember what

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.139
 Jesus said

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.480
 earlier.

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.900
 No one is good

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.699
 except God

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.239
 alone.

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.779
 We all lack

00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:54.239
 something.

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.940
 We do not

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.799
 deserve to be

00:36:56.799 --> 00:36:58.199
 entered, admitted

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:59.139
 into the kingdom

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.619
 of God.

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.299
 God in his

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:03.940
 perfection and

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.699
 his holiness

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:07.059
 does not tolerate

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.400
 sin or evil.

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.460
 And the question

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:12.559
 begs who then

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.880
 can be saved?

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:17.320
 Jesus answers in

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:18.320
 verse 27.

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:19.840
 What is

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:21.500
 impossible with

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.760
 man is possible

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:24.320
 with God.

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.940
 It's to atone for

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.700
 the sins of his

00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:27.900
 people that Jesus

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:29.180
 died on the cross.

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.539
 It's to give us

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.980
 eternal resurrection

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:33.240
 life that Jesus

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:34.460
 raised us from the

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.700
 dead.

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:34.739
 God.

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:38.439
 Psalm 130,

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:40.439
 3-8,

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:42.259
 comments on this

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.579
 dilemma.

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:44.099
 If you, O Lord,

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.859
 should mark

00:37:44.859 --> 00:37:45.679
 iniquities,

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.339
 who, O Lord,

00:37:47.399 --> 00:37:48.019
 could stand?

00:37:49.839 --> 00:37:50.599
 But with you

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.179
 there is

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:51.759
 forgiveness.

00:37:53.439 --> 00:37:54.359
 Thank you, God.

00:37:55.859 --> 00:37:56.699
 That you may be

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.079
 feared.

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:59.219
 I wait for the

00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.539
 Lord.

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.980
 My soul

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.480
 waits.

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.900
 And in his

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.920
 soul I hope.

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.480
 My soul waits

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:06.079
 for the Lord

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.619
 more than

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.480
 watchmen for

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.920
 the morning.

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:08.920
 More than

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.619
 watchmen for

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:10.059
 the morning.

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.960
 O Israel,

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:13.119
 hope in the

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.440
 Lord.

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.420
 For with the

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.099
 Lord there is

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:18.280
 steadfast love.

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.539
 And with him

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.780
 is plentiful

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.440
 redemption.

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.460
 And he will

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.500
 redeem Israel

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:26.699
 from all his

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.460
 iniquities.

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:30.260
 The psalmist

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.400
 prophesied that

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:33.300
 though all of

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:34.220
 us are guilty

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:35.460
 and none of

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.619
 us are able

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.539
 to stand before

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.780
 God, that God

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:39.720
 himself would

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:41.099
 come to

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.639
 redeem his

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:42.380
 people from

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:43.480
 their iniquities.

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.579
 That's what he

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:46.340
 did when he

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:47.079
 sent his one

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.780
 and only son,

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:49.340
 Jesus Christ,

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.480
 as his

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.180
 representative,

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.160
 the messianic

00:38:53.160 --> 00:38:53.480
 king.

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.820
 Jesus is the

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.880
 ransom price

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:58.200
 to buy us

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:58.920
 back from our

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.960
 slavery to sin

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.880
 and death.

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:03.119
 Jesus is the

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:04.179
 unlikely king

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:04.940
 who rescues

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.500
 his people

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.639
 and restores

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:07.480
 them to his

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:08.380
 upside-down

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:09.039
 kingdom.

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:12.699
 Jesus' prediction

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.500
 of suffering was

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.159
 plain enough

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:15.480
 because it

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:15.960
 defied

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:17.539
 expectations so

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:17.960
 thoroughly.

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:18.920
 It says in

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.679
 verse 34

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:21.179
 that the twelve

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:22.480
 understood none

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.599
 of these things.

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.780
 This saying was

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:26.860
 hidden from them

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.400
 and they did

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:28.280
 not grasp

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:29.420
 what was said.

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:31.140
 They expected

00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:32.079
 God's Messiah

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:33.400
 to march into

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.380
 Jerusalem with

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:35.000
 his followers,

00:39:35.640 --> 00:39:36.420
 the city in

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:37.300
 which Jewish

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:38.079
 kings of old

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.620
 reigned,

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.980
 and begin his

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:41.220
 overthrow of

00:39:41.220 --> 00:39:42.500
 the Roman Empire

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:43.019
 that had

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:44.099
 subjugated the

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.480
 Jews.

00:39:45.640 --> 00:39:46.420
 But that would

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.360
 not accomplish

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:48.360
 the impossible.

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:49.940
 That would not

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.640
 get camels

00:39:50.640 --> 00:39:51.360
 through the eye

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:51.840
 of the needle.

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:54.099
 That would free

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:55.059
 them from their

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:56.460
 political oppression

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:58.860
 but not from

00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:59.860
 their spiritual

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.420
 oppression.

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:02.179
 That would

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:03.039
 wean them off

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:04.039
 from the Roman

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.980
 Empire but not

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.599
 from the idols

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.259
 of their own

00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:06.699
 hearts.

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:08.079
 That's why Jesus

00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:09.179
 had to suffer

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.880
 and die.

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.980
 When we confess

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.860
 Jesus Christ as

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.500
 our Lord and

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.239
 believe in our

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:16.259
 hearts that he

00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:16.900
 is the one who

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:19.119
 died and raised

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:20.820
 for our salvation,

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.779
 we become one

00:40:21.779 --> 00:40:23.139
 with Christ

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.799
 through our

00:40:23.799 --> 00:40:24.199
 faith.

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:24.879
 we become

00:40:24.879 --> 00:40:25.639
 partakers

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:27.839
 in his death

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:28.699
 and resurrection

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:30.119
 so that we

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.919
 become dead

00:40:30.919 --> 00:40:32.059
 to sin

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.819
 and alive

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:33.500
 to Christ.

00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:35.480
 We are born

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.439
 again into the

00:40:36.439 --> 00:40:37.399
 family of God

00:40:37.399 --> 00:40:38.099
 and we are

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.779
 given new

00:40:38.779 --> 00:40:39.879
 hearts and

00:40:39.879 --> 00:40:40.639
 filled with the

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.500
 spirit of God.

00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:43.119
 This is the

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:44.079
 only way

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:46.199
 that the camels

00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:46.980
 go through the

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.619
 eye of the

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:47.819
 needle.

00:40:48.839 --> 00:40:49.480
 And it's when

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.659
 we live in

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:52.000
 light of this

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:53.059
 objective reality

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:53.579
 reality that

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:54.579
 more and more

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:55.219
 the idols

00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:56.039
 of our

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.559
 hearts,

00:40:56.779 --> 00:40:57.920
 they lose

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.400
 their grip

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:59.420
 in our

00:40:59.420 --> 00:40:59.980
 subjective

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:00.719
 experience.

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.599
 It says in

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.340
 2 Corinthians

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.360
 3.18,

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:16.420
 have you

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:17.180
 beheld the

00:41:17.180 --> 00:41:18.220
 glory of the

00:41:18.220 --> 00:41:18.519
 Lord?

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.559
 Do you

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.220
 love him

00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:21.760
 more than

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:22.300
 the idols

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:23.000
 of the

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.320
 earth?

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:27.260
 Look to

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:27.800
 the cross

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.480
 where Jesus

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.180
 bled for you.

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.760
 Look to

00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:31.440
 the empty

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:31.900
 tomb

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:34.300
 which Jesus

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:34.740
 rose

00:41:34.740 --> 00:41:35.780
 victoriously.

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.520
 Let go

00:41:37.520 --> 00:41:38.100
 of the

00:41:38.100 --> 00:41:38.520
 idols of

00:41:38.520 --> 00:41:38.860
 this world.

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.520
 Let go

00:41:39.520 --> 00:41:40.180
 of your

00:41:40.180 --> 00:41:40.700
 love of

00:41:40.700 --> 00:41:41.400
 money and

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:42.160
 take hold

00:41:42.160 --> 00:41:42.680
 of Jesus

00:41:42.680 --> 00:41:43.300
 who alone

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:43.660
 is your

00:41:43.660 --> 00:41:44.140
 salvation.

00:41:46.060 --> 00:41:46.820
 As the

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:47.660
 19th century

00:41:47.660 --> 00:41:48.200
 hymn written

00:41:48.200 --> 00:41:48.820
 by Oro

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:49.240
 Rowan

00:41:49.240 --> 00:41:50.040
 entitled

00:41:50.040 --> 00:41:51.180
 Hast thou

00:41:51.180 --> 00:41:51.940
 heard him,

00:41:52.100 --> 00:41:52.560
 seen him,

00:41:52.680 --> 00:41:53.100
 known him,

00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:53.820
 puts it

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:55.120
 what has

00:41:55.120 --> 00:41:55.900
 stripped the

00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:56.620
 beauty of

00:41:56.620 --> 00:41:57.140
 the idols

00:41:57.140 --> 00:41:57.760
 of the

00:41:57.760 --> 00:41:58.100
 earth.

00:41:58.099 --> 00:42:00.279
 Not a

00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:00.779
 sense of

00:42:00.779 --> 00:42:01.440
 right or

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.779
 duty,

00:42:02.339 --> 00:42:03.360
 but the

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:04.099
 sight of

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:04.779
 peerless

00:42:04.779 --> 00:42:05.400
 worth.

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:07.500
 Let's bow

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:07.739
 our heads

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:08.139
 in prayer.

00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:12.099
 God,

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:12.719
 help us

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.179
 to be a

00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:14.719
 people that

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:15.079
 we would

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.619
 want the

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:16.440
 one thing,

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.839
 just like

00:42:17.839 --> 00:42:18.619
 David prayed,

00:42:18.779 --> 00:42:19.199
 that the

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.759
 one thing

00:42:19.759 --> 00:42:20.119
 that we

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:21.299
 seek is

00:42:21.299 --> 00:42:21.940
 your glory,

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.500
 to dwell

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:22.860
 with you

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.279
 in your

00:42:23.279 --> 00:42:23.719
 temple,

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:24.920
 that we

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.440
 would sit

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:25.839
 at your

00:42:25.839 --> 00:42:26.319
 feet and

00:42:26.319 --> 00:42:26.659
 let your

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.519
 words be

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:27.940
 the food

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.519
 we eat,

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:28.880
 that we

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.460
 would say,

00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:30.619
 man does

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:31.240
 not live

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.920
 by bread

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:32.320
 alone,

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:32.880
 we live

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.420
 by your

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:33.980
 words.

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.200
 God,

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:36.559
 help us

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:37.139
 to pursue

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:37.760
 you with

00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:38.500
 wholehearted

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.099
 devotion,

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:40.460
 single-minded

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.200
 focus,

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:42.039
 that all

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:42.539
 other things,

00:42:42.619 --> 00:42:42.820
 we would

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:43.380
 lay aside

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:44.000
 all other

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.460
 burdens

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:45.720
 to seek

00:42:45.720 --> 00:42:46.420
 after you,

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:46.760
 Jesus,

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.320
 for you

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:48.119
 alone are

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:48.639
 worthy,

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.639
 you alone

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:51.280
 deserve

00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:53.500
 our entire

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:53.940
 lives,

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.500
 so we

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.980
 lift up

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.539
 our ransom

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.179
 lives to

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:57.440
 you,

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:59.420
 take it

00:42:59.420 --> 00:42:59.900
 and use

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:00.220
 it as

00:43:00.220 --> 00:43:00.559
 you see

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:02.000
 fit for

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.519
 the glory

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.099
 of your

00:43:03.099 --> 00:43:03.440
 kingdom

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:04.019
 and of

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.440
 your name,

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:04.740
 God.

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.940
 Help us,

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:07.360
 in Jesus'

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:07.700
 name we

00:43:07.700 --> 00:43:07.900
 pray,

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:08.840
 amen.

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:08.940
 Amen.

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:38.920
 Thank you.